Drawings

My drawings are mainly done in the medium of graphite(pencil) with a few having been done with colored pencils.  I am still practicing mixing/blending colors with colored pencils. I have drawn multiple portraits, usually for and of the family, as well as other photos that I have turned into drawings, such as family pets(3rd photo).  Most of my drawings are free hand, but the perspective drawings (2nd photo) are done with a ruler in order to get the straightest line possible and some of the portraits are done using the grid method to make sure that everything is in the correct space and correct proportions, since I am still learning just where to put certain features relative to everything else, even if it may look weird in the photo or something.  Again these are only a few examples of my drawings, I also have a physical portfolio containing more drawings.

 

 

  

 

Henna

        I have always loved henna, or Mehndi, designs that are used in India and a few other middle eastern countries.  All of the designs shown here are done by me and on myself.  I have mentioned  the Mehndi culture in a previous post with a little more background on the use of henna. The first photo is of a fresh henna stain while the last photo is a fully darkened stain.  The other two photos are during the drying process of the henna paste before it is removed to reveal the fresh stain.  When I do the designs I am often using at a reference photo, I may not copy the design exactly but it at least will get me started on drawing the design and going from there in doing what I want to do in order to make the design more of my own.